Travel has been a big part of my life and I have different kinds of journeys to many parts of the world．Often in my travels, I was alone, travelling under difficult conditions in wartime, and I have flown over the oceans many times when I wanted to get quickly from one place to another．But a sea voyage, especially a long one, has something unusual of its own, and after taking a few of them, I became interested in the reasons why people take such trips and how they are affected by them．That is why I wanted to write LIFE NUMBER TWO．
Some people go for escape from grief(悲伤)or failure, some from a wish not to be very long in one place in the world．Others go to celebrate a marriage, or a retirement, and many people take voyages to enjoy a luxury(享乐)they do not have at home and for shipboard fun．When you put all these motives into a forced companionship and sometimes an unpleasant one－a voyage can be like a mirror held up to modern life with all its variety．Voyages can be boring but they can give some passengers new view on life, renew courage and awaken a sense of the size of the world．
There are many books about ocean voyages, but as a rule they are magazines or diaries of travel．LIFE NUMBER TWO is a novel written not mainly to show shipboard life but to tell the stories of a few people on the ship, trying their past lives and their possible futures into the narrative(叙述)．It also deals with some modern social problems worth our consideration．
(1)
The writer spent ________ in traveling．
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A．
all his life
B．
the most important part of life
C．
the period of wartime
D．
much time
(2)
LIFE NUMBER TWO
tells how people feel ________．
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A．
when they are alone in their trips
B．
when they fly quickly from one place to another
C．
when they are on a ship for a long time
D．
when they are always in one place of the world
(3)
A sea voyage in one's life is ________ as the writer says．
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A．
sometimes a thing worth doing
B．
a waste of time
C．
a sign of failure
D．
one's strong wish
(4)
The shipboard life is ________．
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A．
very tiresome
B．
very luxurious
C．
a reflection of society
D．
very funny
(5)
This passage may be something written by ________．
“Who made your T-shirt?” A Geo etown University student raised that question．Pietra Rivoli, a professor of business, wanted to fin the answer．A few weeks later, she bought a T-shirt and began to follow its path from Texas cotton form to Chinese factory to charity bin(慈善捐赠箱)．The result is an interesting new book, The Tra ’s of a T-shirt in the Global Economy(经济)．
Following a T-shirt around the world in a way to make her point more interesting, but it also frees Rivoli from the usual arguments over gobal trade．She goes wherever the T-shirt goes, and there are surprises around every corner．In China, Rivoli shows why a clothing factory, even with its poor conditions, means a step toward a better e for the people who work there．In the colorful used-clothing markets of Tanzania, she realizes, th “it is only in this final stage of life that the T-shirt will meet a real market,” where the price of a shirt changes by the hour and is different by its size and even color．Rivoli’s book is full of mem able people and scenes, like the noise, the bad air and the “muddy-sweet smell(泥土香味)of the cotton．”She says, “Here in the factory, Shanghai smells like Shallowater Texas．”
Rivoli is at her best when making those sorts of unexpected connections．She even finds one between the free traders and those who are against globalization．The chances opened up by trade are vast, she argues, but free markets need the correcting force of politics to keep them in check．True economic progress needs them both．
(1)
What do we learn about Professor Rivoli?
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A．
She used to work on a cotton farm．
B．
She wrote a book about world trade．
C．
She wants to give up her teaching job．
D．
She wears a T-shirt wherever she goes．
(2)
By saying T-shirt “meet a real market”, Rivoli means in Tanzania ________．
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A．
cheaper T-shirt are needed．
B．
used T-shirt are hard to sell
C．
prices of T-shirt rise and fall frequently
D．
prices of T-shirt are usually reasonable
(3)
What does the word “them” underlined in the last paragraph refer to?
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A．
Free-markets．
B．
Price changes．
C．
Unexpected connection．
D．
chances opened up by trade．
(4)
What would be the best title for the text?
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A．
What T-shirt Can Do to Help Cotton Farms
B．
How T-shirt Are Made in Shanghai
C．
How T-shirt Are Sold in Tanzania
D．
What T-shirt Can Teach Us
阅读理解
Most American students go to traditional public schools．There are about 88,000 pub-lic schools all over the US．Some students attend about 3000 independent public schools called charter schools．
Charter schools are self-governing．Private companies operate some charter schools．They are similar in some ways to traditional public schools．They receive tax money just as other public schools do．Charter schools must prove to local or state governments that their students are learning．These governments provide the schools with the agreement called a charter that permits them to operate．
Charter schools are different because they do not have to obey most laws governing tra-ditional public schools．Local, state or federal governments cannot tell them what to teach．Each school can choose its own goals and decide the ways it wants to reach them．Class size is usually smaller than in traditional public schools．
The Bush Administration strongly supports charter schools as a way to re-organize pub-lic schools that are failing to educate students．But some education agencies and unions op-pose charter schools．One teachers' union has just made public the results of the first nation-al study comparing the progress of students in traditional schools and charter schools．
The American Federation of Teachers criticized the government's delay in releasing the results of the study, which is called the National Assessment of Educational Progress．U-math education experts say the study shows that charter school students performed worse on math and reading tests the students in regular public schools．
Some experts say the students is not a fair look at charter schools．because students in those schools have more problems than students in teaditional schools．Other education experts say the study results should make charter school officials demand improved student progress．
(1)
If a private company wants to operate a charter schools, it must ________．
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A．
try new methods of teaching
B．
prove its management ability
C．
obey the local and state laws
D．
get the government's permission
(2)
Charter schools are independent because ________．
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A．
they make greater progress
B．
their class size is smaller
C．
they enjoy more freedom
D．
they oppose traditional ways
(3)
What's the government's attiude toward charter schools?
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A．
Doubtful．
B．
Supportive．
C．
Subjective．
D．
Optimistic．
(4)
What can we learn from the text?
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A．
More students choose to attend charter schools．
B．
Charter schools are better than traditional schools
C．
Students in charter schools are well educated．
D．
People have different opinions about charter schools．
(5)
It can be inferred from the text that ________．
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A．
charter schools are part of the public education system
